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West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

derous outlaw and nuisance: the pro-
life breeder of vice: the corruptor Of
our boys and destroyer of our young
men: the constant inciter of riot and
murder: the brazen insulter OF wo-
men: the most vicious and malicious
enemy of the Home: it is Satan S
School House and Drill Room OF
devils, set over against our Free
Schools and Churches: a nest OF vi
pers in the very bosom of society; q
breeder of moral malaria wherever
it comes: perpetual insult to com
mon decency and continuous out
rage on public rights.
The sot begets children who inner
it his vice, and the sober, industrious
citizenship, feeds them and builds
for them court houses, jails and aims
houses. Yes, we should say the evil
extends beyond him who indulges:
women suffer innocently from his in
diligence in thousand ways-all
wolnankind say the evil extends far
beyond him and the law don't ade-
quately protect them: the State suf-
fers in thousand ways. and If you
drink and get drunk in your private
house, you set a very bad example TO
the boys ofyour neighbor.that would
justify him in having you suppressed
as a nuisance, if he thinks as much
of his boys as he does of his horses,
even if he lives six counties away;
We believe these will answer for
direct replies to direct question,and
is these things be so-if the saloon
really is a mischievOus, murderous
outlaw and nuisance, always and ev-
erywhere, can there be any reason
under the sun, why the saloon should
stay?
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26
WORK OF THE YOUNG MEMS
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

A report of proceedings of the
twenty seventh international con-
vention of the Young Mems Chris
tian Associations, which was held
at San Francisco from May IL to
May Is, inclusive, was recently pub
lished in pamphlet form, together
with the year book for 1887. The
publication supplies much interest
ing information concerning the work
of the associations. In the past
year conventions were held in 80
States, and during the past two
years As association buildings have
been added to the list, with total
value of $I,219,0S0. Baltimore was
the first city in the country to pro-
vide special building for associa-
tion purposes by an association, but
there are now many handsome struc-
lures, especially in the larger cities,
devoted to association work. There
are 1,064 local associations, employ
ing 664 secretaries and assistants.
The total value Of buildings and
other real estate owned by assOcia-
tions is $5,611,239. Reports from
corresponding members have been
received as to the condition of asso-
Citations in A foreign countries, Z
provinces and "a States and Terri
tories, and 426 associations report
libraries with an aggregate of 1885,
COG volumes; 2S2 report 5S7 educa-
tional classes in various branches of
study; 503 report reading-rooms and
200 report attention to physical cul-
ture, 16S Of them through gymnasi-
ums. The most considerable ad-
vance during the past two years, it
is stated, has been made in the
Southern States. Buildings have
been practically completed In Attain
Ia, Selma, Richmond and Lynchburg,
with an aggregate value of S226,OOO.
In Texas at the date of the last con-
vention there could scarcely be said
to be single working association.
Now there are 81. 1t is stated in
the report of the international com.
mittee that the secular departments
of.the work have not, rs was antici
pated might be the case, distracted
the attention of the working force,
the active members, from the relig
ious features, but that "as the asso-
Citations have increased in wealth, as
they have taken on and made avail
able one secular agency after an
other, they have yet advanced rap
idly in the acquisition of genuine
religious and spiritual power"
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

Many interesting facts regarding
the influence of occupation upon
ones prospect of life are brought
out in English statistics. Next to
the clergy in longevity stand men
who till the soil, the comparative
mortality on the basis of 1000 being
500 among gardeners and nursery
men, 631 among farmers and gra-
ziers, and 701 among laborers in
agricultural counties. Schoolmas-
ters make good showing, and the
rate among barristers and solicitors
is S42; but physicians do not sue
ceed very wellin keeping themselves
alive, the figures for the medical
profession being 1922, or almost
precisely double those for the clergy.
1t is very unexpected discovery
that men who work beneath the sur
face of the earth live almost as long
as those who cultivate its soil, the
rate among coal miners being so low
as IT'S, against 701 for farm labor
ers. The only plausible way for ac-
counting for this is on the theory
that the inhalation of coal dust, so
far from being always injurious, as
has been supposed, may even act
henefcially in certain conditions.
This theory seems the more proba-
BILE from the fact that the mortality
among the copper and tin miners of
Cornwall is very high, reaching l.
S39, or more than double the rate
among coal miners. The class
which makes the worst showing Of
all is that Of inn and hotel servants,
whose rate mounts up to 1862, the
reasons being that many of them are
broken down men when they become
servants, and that they suffer from
alcoholic eXcesses, which latter cause
makes the mortality among innkeep-
ers, publicans, spirits, wine and beer
dealers 1921 and among brewers l.
361. The statistics dispel an an
cient fallacy of world wide accept
ance, that the butchers occupation
is a safeguard against consumption
and a highway to old age, the NOR
tality from phthisis being unusually
high among butchers and their
death rate reaching l,l70, or consid-
erabiy higher than the average of all
classes.-N. Y. Times.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26
LIME AS A FERTILIZER.

Last summer q neighbor called
my attention to narrow strip across
one Of his oat-fields which was three
or four inches taller than the rest,
and explained that the cause of ia
was "it had a small coat of lime fif-
ty.two years ago." and yet it showed
on every crop to the present time
If the land on which it is applied is
extremely poor and there is no sod,
it should always have little ma
nure put ON with it to give the
lime something to work on. 1t is
rather slow in its work. You seldom
ever see any benefit from its use till
you sow in clover and then break up
the sod. And then there is no crop
on which it is not very beneficial.
Low, clay ground that is naturally
wet and cold, unless perfectly under
drained, is a poor place for lime. 1t
shows much the best on high, dry,
gravelly soils. Iflow, wet ground
is plowed when not in proper order
on account of moisture where lime
has been used it seems to destroy its
effects entirely. Here'is a mistake
many farmers make. Because %
neighbor who has high lands can
piow, they will too, even if the water
runs after them in furrow. The
amount to be used depends on the
former fertility Of the ground to
which it is to be applied, the amount
YOU have on hand, the time you have
to spare without making your crop
late, etc. The old idea entertained
by our grandfathers that too much
would kill the ground is extremely
fallacious. We have used from 100
to 1000 bushels per acre and never
lost a crop on account of putting on
too much. We usually use 300 to
400 bushels per acre, and then be-
fore we SOW down in clover give top
dressing of manure, which insures u
good catch. Then let it lie couple
of years and put it in corn, and we
never fail to get crop.
Land that has been lined to any
extent is scarcely ever troubled with
worms, which is no small item some
times. From past experience |
would say there is no better fertilizer
for an orchard than hot lime. IL
promotes the growth of trees, is de-
structive to insects, and surely ben
efits the fruit. If Il farmer can get
the limestone he had better burn it,
himself, and then when he wants TO
use it, which is generally a very
busy time of year, he will not have
to haul it for miles, Correspondence
ohio Farmer
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26
THE PAY OF SOME EDITORS

Correspondence Buffalo Courier.
OF the editors, Mr.. Stone, of the
Journal Of Commerce, is paid $780,
900. He is the president of the AS
sociated Press, immensely wealthy,
lives in Brooklyn, and has a mania
for choice flowers and plants; his
collection is worth over $250,O00.
Charles A. Dana, editor of the Sun,
is paid $4,000 salary, but he is al
so q large stakeholder in the paper,
and his income from this source is
quite 100000. Before the paper
began to decline the sum was nearly
100000. Whitelaw Reid, chiet
owner of the Tribune, pays himself
$4,000 year. He has been very
fortunate in speculation and is said
to be worth over $1,000,000. His
wife, a daughter of ID. o. Mills, has
q fortune of half that sum in her
own name. DR.. George II. Hep
worth, who was at one time great
pulpit orator, now chief fof the Herald
staff, is paid $4,000 yearly by
James Gordon Bennett. julius
Chambers, the managing editor of
the same paper, receives $4,000.
Charles r. Miller, the real editor of
the New York Times, gets $4,000 a
year. He has several assistants in
editorial writing who get from $4,
900 to $1,000. John G. Reed, the
managing editor of the paper gets
$4,000, and Harold Frederic, the
London correspondent, $4,000, Col.
John A. Cockerill, managing editor
of the World, gets $4,000 yearly.
He also gets 4 small share of the
profits of the paper, making in all
$4,000 yearly. George W. Turner,
the publisher of the same paper,
makes $4,000 yearly. George Will
liam Curtis is paid $4,000 yearly
for editing Hayper's Weekly. He
does not do much work, and for days
at time does not 90 near the office.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26
FOR FARMERS.

From now until October the pigs
should be kept growing. After that
time small allowance Of corn may
be given in order to gradually begin
to fatten them. No attempt should
be made rs yet to get them very fat.
Secure the size and frame first, and
put on the fat just before killing.
Give the late cabbages a good cul
tivating or hoeing as often rs it can
be conveniently done. There is no
crop that responds so quickly to cul-
tivation as the cabbage, and where
the land has been well managed tits
paying crop.
Cultivating the beets should still
be done, as they will continue to
grow until the frost shall appear.
Beets are relished by all classes of
stock in winter, and plenty of them
should be stored away. Carrots
should also receive attention.
A pound of copperas, costing 3
cents, in bucket of water, sprinkled
from a watering pot in the pig pen
will provide cheap and excellent
disinfectant, and will also largely as
sist in preventing disease.
Experiments in England show
that by caponizing cockerel on the
right side and removing the right
member his progeny will consist en-
tirely of pullets, while by caponizing
on the left side the progeny will con-
sist entirely of cockerels. If this be
true our poultrymen will hereafter
be able to produce preponderance
of either sex, as preferred.
Poultry yards should be on sandy
soil, if possible,in order to avoid mud
or slush on the ground, as roup is
liable to break out in flocks that are
kept on damp locations. The yards
should be well drained, the surface
covered with sharp, fine gra-
vel, and cleaned off at least once ey
cry two weeks where the flock is
large.
II will astonish the farmers of the
East to learn that the Dal-
rymple farm in Dakota received
consignment of 100 tons, or nine
carloads, of binders twine for the
last wheat harvest. 1t gives some
idea of the vast crop of the Western
States and Territories to hear that
one farm pays $4,000 for twine to
bind its wheat in bundles. How
much valuable grain would be lost
on this farm if the old hand-twisted
straw were used to keep the wheat
together? Still it will be good
thing for the country when big farms
like the Dalrymple are cut up into
small ones.-Erie Herald.
Agricultural Report No. 81 sess
down the number of milch cows in
this country in February as 14,522,-
0S3, against 14,235,3SS year ago,
an increase of 2S6,695. The value
is set down as $26.0S per head, a
shrinkage of $1.32 per head from
last year, and 80 cents below the ay-
erage value Of the last ten years.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

A valuable discovery has been
made, whereby the faded ink on old
parchments may be so restored as to
render the writing perfectly legible.
The process consists in moistcning
the paper with water, and then pass
ing over the lines of writing brush
which has been wet in solution of
sulphide of ammonia. The writing
will Immediately appear quite dark
in color, and this color in the case of
parchment it will preserve. Records
which were treated in this way in
the Germanic Museum in Nurem-
berg, ten years ago, are still in the
same condition as Immediately after
the application of the process. On
paper, however, the color gradually
fades again, but it may be restored
at pleasure by the application Of the
sulphide. The explanation of the
action of this substance is very sim
pie; the ron that enters into the
composition Of the ink is transform
ed by the reaction into the black
sulphidc.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

Ar Iowa farmer put up twenty
one year-old hogs for fattening, and
for the first twenty days fed them
on shelled corn, of which they ate
SO bushels. During this period they
gained 337 pounds, or upward of 10
pounds to the bushel of corn. He
then fed the same hogs for fourteen
days on dry corn meal, during which
time they consumed Al bushels, and
gained 535 pounds or III pounds to
the bushel. The same hogs next
fed fourteen days on corn meal and
water mixed, consumed 55t bushels
of corn and gained 731 pounds, or
13i pounds of pork to the bushel.
He then fed them fourteen days on
corn meal cooked, and after consum-
ing As bushels of the cooked meal,
the hogs gained 799 pounds, or very
nearly Is pounds of pork to the
bushel of meal.-BaH. Am. Far
mer.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26
WILD GEESE KILLED By
LIGHTNING.
Chico { Cal. } Chronicle.


r. Burch, who resides on Rock
Creek, north of town, informs us
that during the storm of April 20,
as he and his family were watching
the clouds. flock of wild geese
passed near the house. AS he was
looking at them there came vivid
flash of lightning, which seemed to
pass right through the flock of geese
and the next moment the flock seem
ed to be thrown into confusion, ut
tered the shrillest cries Of alarm, ,and
six of their number were seen falling
to the ground. They ha6 heen killed
by the lightning flash Mr.. Burch had
noticed. Hey went and picked up the
dead geese, which he found to be
plump and fat, without q mark to
show where the lightning had struck
them. He had feast Of roast goose
the next day. This is the first in
stance on record, we believe. of geese
being struck by lightning while fly
ing, and it is generally supposed
that they are safe from the destroy
ing bolt Of Jove.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

The word "corner," rs applied to
a stock transaction, signifies the re-
suit produced by combination of
persons who, while secretly holding
the whole or greater part Of any
stock, or species of property, induce
another combination to agree to de-
liver to them further quantity at
some future date. When the time
arrives the second combination, if
the corner succeeds, suddenly
finds itself unable to buy the amount
of stock or property necessary to
enable it to fulfill its contracts, and
the first combination fixes at its own
will the price at which differences
must be settled. The corner"
breaks when those who agree to de-
liver succeed in procuring the stock
or property, and are thus enabled to
fulfill their contracts.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

Lucrezia Borgia was daughter
of Pope Alexander VI. and distin
tinguished on account Of her beauty
and talents. She was married 10
Giovanni Sforza, Lord Of Pesaro, in
1893; to Alfonso, natural son OF
Alfonso, King Of Naples, in 1893.
and to Alfonso of Este, a son of the
Duke Of Ferrara, in 1901. Her CON
duct gave rise to scandalous reports
which were generally believed by her
contemporaries. She patronizcd at
Ferrara several literary men, especi
ally Bembo, who celebrated her in
his works. "The compliments of
the literati whom she rewarded"
says Sismondi, with covert sarcasm,
"seem at present to counterbalancc
the unanimous testimony OF the his
torians, who accuse her of Infamous
conduct" She died in 1923.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

At 80 days Of age, says an ex
change, lambs will net from So to IS
or more a head, according to quality;
and the business is just as profitable
as to keep them two or three years to
sell them for the same price per head
as wethers.
A mixture of mari, wood ashes and
rich earth makes an excellent ma
nure for young trees. No animal
manure should be used unless it be
completely decomposed.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26
WRITER'S FOR PAPERS.

The fashion of syndicates seems
Just now to be booming among the
daily papers. and it is not a bad
fashion as newspaper fashions 60.
There are some papers that will never
fall into il, but there are others who
see in it capital chance to give their
readers variety of reading matter
at small cost. There are four or
five of these syndicates now flourish
ing in New York which furnish news
to from fifty to one hundred newspa
pers. Each syndicate makes sclec-
tion of papers within given locality
and furnishes no other paper in that
region with the same material, so
that, of course, the same readers don't
run up against the same reading
matter is only the exchange read
er in newspaper offices who iinds the
same story on every side. This syn
dicate business has arrived at such
proportions that the Especial CORES
pondent' is becoming thing Of the
past. Every man who goes to place
that is worth writing from thinks
that he might as well be paid by fifty
as by one, so he puts himself in the
hands of a syndicate and gets $7j
or 500 week for what, under other
circumstances, would only bring him
$40 or SIS, possibly $40 or $25.
Most of these syndicates are man
aged by men who make it their exclu
sive business; but there are some
writer's who are their own managers,
and are willing to take the extra
amount of trouble for toe extra
amount of gain.-The ". y. Con. in
ReccTH
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

The person who invents way to
induce mothers to give their infants
water to drink, will render greater
service than the inventor of the sew
ing machine. Don't give them ice
water Ask your doctor about this.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

Where was the Savior last seen on
earth before his ascension? How many
different times was He seen after the
resurrection, and until His ascension?
When the women who were last at
thecross came very early in the morn
ing, on the first day of the week,
bringing spices to embalm the body
of Jesus more perfectly than had
been done in the haste Of Joseph and
Nicodemus-the two night-worship-
ers of Jesus-they found He had
risen, Mary Magdalene ran back to
tell John and Peter that He had been
abstracted from the tomb; but the
other women went on and saw an an
gel in the sepulcher. Then they ran
in haste to make known the news told
them, and as they ran Jesus met
them and said, Gail hail.w This was
the first appearance. In the mean
time Peter and John came. Then
Mary Magdalene, who was with them
now, stood weeping, and as she turns
away Jesus addressed her. The third
appearance was to Peter; the fourth
to the two disciples going to EN-
maus in the evening; the fifth, the
same evening, to the eleven as they
sat at supper. All these were in one
day, the very day of the resurrection.
Exactly week after this, he appear
ed to the Apostles, and gave Thorn
as s material proof of his identy.
This was the sixth appearance. The
seventh was in Galilee, where seven
of the Apostles were assembled, some
of them probably about to 60 back
to their old trade of fishing. The
eighth was to the eleven, and prob
ably to five hundred brethren assem-.
bled in a mountain in Galilee. The
ninth was to James. and the last to
the Apostles at Jerusalem, just be
fore the Ascension.-Courier-J Jour
nal.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

Kill all the white butterflies, as
they are the parents of the cabbage
worms.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26

tertiary period, an epoch the remote
antiquity of which goes back for
hundreds of centuries, do not show
any important differences in the size
of the primitive and modern man.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-08-26
a O "A R ID.

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decay, lossof manhood, &c, viii send a recipe
remedy was discovered by missionary In South
America. Send selt-addressed envelope 10 the
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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-05-19
Address by Master WOrhE.en
PGWderiy.

DENNER, Col, May 9.--Grand
Master Workman Powderly arri-
we'd here from the East this morn
ing. He was met at the depo. by
q delegation of Knights of Labor
and escorted to the hotel, and this
afternoon was shown around The
city. The occasion of Mr.. Powder
Tvs visit here is to assist the loca:
assembly IN celebrating the third
anniversary. At 8 O'Clock Mr
Powderly asccnded the platform
accompanied by Governor Adams
Mayor Lee and others. The Gov
ernor delivered an eloquent ad
dress of welcome on behalf of the
State. The grand master was ther
INTRODUCED, and Notwithstanding
he was suffering from severe cold
he spoke an hour and a half or
s'The aims and objects of the oId=l
Of Knights of Labor" :" About 4oo(
people were present. He will re
main here until Wednesday, ther
return East.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-05-19
A $4,000 Bible Reward.

The publishers of Rutledge's
Monthly offer twelve valuable re
wards in their Monthly for April,
among which is the following:
We will give $4,000 to the per
son telling us which is the middle
Book in the New Testament Scrip
lures. (not the revised edItion), by
April 10th, 1887. Should two OF
more correct answers be received
the reward will he divided. The
money will be forwarded to the
winner April 18th, 1887. Persons
trying for the reward must send
20 cents in silver or postal notes
(no postage stamps taken) with
their answer, for which they will
receive the Monthly for May ii
which the name and address of tat
winner of the reward and the cor
rect answer will be published, ant
in which several more valuable re
wards will be offered. Address
RUTLEDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY
Easton. Pa.